Table 1.
Characteristics of respondents. (N=315)
| Age, M (SD) | 29.1 (7.46) |
| Age groups, n (%) | |
| Younger than 30 years | 174 (55.2) |
| Relationship status, n (%) | |
| Single | 149 (47.3) |
| Education, n (%) | |
| Less than high school degree | 6 (1.9) |
| High school/GED | 150 (47.6) |
| Technical/associate degree | 70 (22.2) |
| Bachelor’s degree or higher | 89 (28.3) |
| Employment, n (%) | |
| Unemployed | 69 (21.9) |
| Student | 31 (9.8) |
| Part-time employment | 68 (21.6) |
| Full-time employment | 147 (46.7) |
| Household income, USD, n (%) | |
| Less than 20,000 | 104 (33.0) |
| 20,000–40,000 | 102 (32.4) |
| 40,001–60,000 | 74 (23.5) |
| 60,001–80,000 | 35 (11.1) |
| Geographic region, n (%) | |
| Midwest | 72 (22.8) |
| Northeast | 42 (13.3) |
| South | 174 (55.2) |
| West | 27 (8.7) |
| Health insurance status, n (%) | |
| Uninsured | 36 (11.4) |
| Private health plan | 112 (35.6) |
| Medicaid | 122 (38.7) |
| Other government plan | 35 (11.1) |
| Other | 10 (3.2) |
| Visited a health care provider, past 12 months, n (%) | 278 (88.3) |
| Did not receive healthcare due to cost, past 12 months, n (%) | 83 (26.3) |
| Inconsistent or no condom use and multiple partners, past 6 months, n (%) | 39 (12.4) |
| Worry about HIV infection, n (%) | 182 (57.8) |
| Would use PrEP if provided for free, n (%) | 196 (62.2) |
| Comfortable speaking to healthcare provider about PrEP, n (%) | 249 (79.0) |
| Medical mistrust scale score, M (SD) | 37.30 (9.70) |
| PrEP subjective norms score, M (SD) | 11.42 (3.00) |
| PrEP injunctive norms score, M (SD) | 5.98 (1.60) |
| PrEP descriptive norms score, M (SD) | 5.53 (1.66) |
| PrEP disapproval by others subscale score, M (SD) | 6.40 (2.33) |
| PrEP-user stereotypes subscale score, M (SD) | 10.9 (3.66) |
PrEP, preexposure prophylaxis; HIV, human immunodeficiency virus; STI, sexually transmitted infection. Group medical mistrust scale scores range from 12 to 60, with higher scores indicating greater medical mistrust. PrEP subjective norms scale scores range from 4 to 16, with higher scores indicating more favorable norms. PrEP injunctive and descriptive norms subscale scores range from 2–8, with higher scores indicating more favorable norms. PrEP disapproval by others subscale scores range from 3 to 12, with higher scores indicating greater anticipated disapproval. PrEP-user stereotypes subscale scores range from 5 to 20, with higher scores indicating greater anticipated stereotyping.